in this wintertime video my custom electric bike operates on just 3 volts or sub-15 watts of solar power, the lightweight hand made solar panel is rated for approximately 24 watts in optimal conditions. monocrystalline silicon solar cells are used but they offer just 16-17% in efficiency and are extremely brittle, newer flexible pv cell technology is close to 11% more efficient. two summers ago i initially performed a three-volt solar powered ride and was successful, i never got to video document that special test and have diligently been fighting set backs since then to make this video happen. out from my tool chest what i have now shown is basically a reflector that has extremely high-diffuse reflectance and has greater than 97% reflectance across the visible spectrum. with amazing advances announced in photovoltaics in labs during the past year alone, i believe we are on the cusp of a new age of solar transportation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
in this wintertime video my custom electric bike operates on just 3 volts or sub-15 watts of solar power, the lightweight hand made solar panel is rated for approximately 24 watts in optimal conditions. monocrystalline silicon solar cells are used but they offer just 16-17% in efficiency and are extremely brittle, newer flexible pv cell…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8871,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4894,4917,4900,4910,4891,4895],"tags":[240,1295,1497,1397,2301,220,2140,662],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-efficiency","category-energy","category-green-living","category-renewable-energy","category-solar","category-transportation","tag-diy","tag-electric","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-ev","tag-panels","tag-photovoltaic","tag-pv","tag-transportation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n